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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: protti on Fri, 21 March 2014, 14:59:15
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What's up Ya'll?
I'm from SF (Oakland really, not going to lie) and probably what most of you mech vets would call a n00b when it comes to mechanical keyboards. I've been a competitive gamer since I was 14 (CS 1.6/SC/SC2) attending tournaments and things like that, but never got that interested in keyboards until I was 24 (25 now).
I'm a designer/art director by trade and I think I finally found a sub-interest that combines art/design/form&function/gaming and even a bit of typography etc.
So for the past 6 months I've been obsessed with keyboards - trying to learn as much as I can. I'm still very much a novice...I've sold my two main keyboards in order to save for a couple nice ones. Probably an 87-key and most definitely a 60% (Leopold or maybe Poker II not sure yet, thoughts?).
The only ones I've saved are the ones I use for gaming currently: CM Storm QuickFire Pro (browns) which I picked up brand new at a garage sale for $50 and then I also have a Corsair K70 (reds) that doesn't get used much but was given to me in a graphics card swap.
So like I said, maybe some thoughts on the smaller form factor keyboards and which ones still take to gaming. I design mostly on a Mac, although having Mac compatibility would be nice for one of the two I buy in the future.
FINALLY - (I swear this will end) I love custom keys/keycaps. Not really into different text/type/images that much but I love creating color schemes that work, and seeking out keycaps that could work for a next build, etc. So what are some of your favorite sites for keycaps? Currently I'm looking for two things: white keys with colored text (preferably blue or red), black keys with gold/brass text that's either on top or on the front of the key.
Looking forward to learning from everyone here. Love ya.
protti
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Welcome to Geekhack! There's a lot of Bay Area GHers :D
You might be interested in these links:
Keycap Set Color Scheme Archive (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49524.0)
All Keycaps List (A listing of sites where you can currently buy keycaps) (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45672.0)
And /r/mechanicalkeyboards has a good keycap buying site list as well.
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Welcome to Geekhack! There's a lot of Bay Area GHers :D
You might be interested in these links:
Keycap Set Color Scheme Archive (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49524.0)
All Keycaps List (A listing of sites where you can currently buy keycaps) (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45672.0)
And /r/mechanicalkeyboards has a good keycap buying site list as well.
Thanks CPT! Appreciate the welcome and the links. I'll check 'em out.
I figured there would be a fair amount of SF/Bay Area GHers all things considered :)